Improving Skills in Policy Governance
This section is designed for those who have already decided to pursue or improve the practice of Policy Governance. It offers many explanations of key concepts, examples of processes, tools for doing your work and tips for growing in your ability to do it well. Please explore!
Board Orientation
On occasion we get a cold call from a board that is following Policy Governance (note to self; following is not usually the same as using or practicing!) but feels that it has lost its way.
Often what we find is a board who did not invest seriously in building board capacity through the orientation and selection process. We believe a rigorous orientation process is essential to board effectiveness and to governance system capability and sustainability.
Here are a few of the board orientation topics you may be looking for:
- What does a good orientation process do and look like?
- Who should go through orientation?
- How does board succession play a role in board effectiveness and governance sustainability?
